Meaning of brachiophore | Babel Free

Definitions

The supporting plate for the tentacle-bearing arms on a brachiopod.

Examples

“The brachiophore or brachial process is a simple, somewhat flat blade located at the notothyrial margin and underlying the notothyrial edge of the interarea.”

“The brachiophore processes may be negligible in the older stocks but were very well developed in some younger forms like Camerella”

“It is readily distinguished from Schizophoria parafragilis by shape and by its widely diverging brachiophore supporting plates.”

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